A former New Orleans police captain faces sentencing today for his role in a kickback scheme at Entergy.

Former NOPD Capt. Michael Roussel

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hand down the sentence to Michael Roussel at 9:30 a.m.

A federal jury in April found Roussel guilty of arranging a contract to provide security for Entergy at inflated rates, then skimming some off the top for himself and a friend.

Roussel, 47, was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and two counts of wire fraud.

The jury found Roussel not guilty of one count of wire fraud. Jurors could not come to agreement on the other two counts of wire fraud, and Barbier declared a mistrial on those counts.

Roussel was charged with fraud and conspiracy for allegedly helping to arrange a bloated security contract between Gladius Inc., a firm owned by Joseph Branch, a friend, and Entergy. The contract was to be artificially inflated so that Roussel and Louis Dabdoub -- an Entergy security manager and former NOPD captain -- could share in kickbacks.

Roussel and Branch did not know that Dabdoub had gone undercover to help federal authorities expose what he believed was a scam.

At trial, Roussel claimed he was merely a consultant acting as a go-between and did not realize the deal the other two men were confecting was crooked.

He testified that he only saw the kickback scheme for what it was after meeting with his attorneys and reviewing the criminal case against him.